Managing Users¶

PCoIP Management Console Enterprise supports multiple concurrent administrative users. There are two default user roles that have different administrative capabilities—System Administrator and Administrator. Additionally, Management Console allows you to create new user roles with your own set of permissions. Roles can be applied to individual users that are created locally on the PCoIP Management Console, created by an integrated Identity Provider, or by the Active Directory group that an AD authenticated user is part of. A user with the System Administrator role can perform any function on the Management Console, while a user with the Administrator role can access everything except the SETTINGS pages. Roles that have been specially created will have their own set of permissions depending on what the administrator has chosen when making the role. For more informations on roles, see Managing User Roles.

Users with any role can edit their own profile by clicking on their username at the top right of the Management Console screen.

System Administrators can manage PCoIP Management Console Enterprise user accounts by clicking SETTINGS from the top menu and then clicking the AUTHENTICATION > USERS tab.

The following tasks are performed from a user account with the System Administrator role.

Displaying User Information¶

The PCoIP Management Console Enterprise AUTHENTICATION page contains a table showing all the users that are currently configured to use PCoIP Management Console. This page is viewable by any System Administrator. PCoIP Management Console Enterprise allows you to create, edit, enable or disable one or more user accounts, assign different user roles, and view user logs to see user activity. You can also refine the list of users in the table by clicking ENABLED USERS to display only users with enabled accounts, or ALL USERS to display all user accounts. With the introduction of IDP support, you can view which of your users are maintained by an IDP and which are local to Management Console. Local users are recognized as DB users and IDP users are recognized as IDP.

Click the gear icon to the right of the table to change the information you want to display in the table columns. Your customized settings are saved in your browser and will be used for any user who subsequently logs in from that browser.

PCoIP Management Console Enterprise AUTHENTICATION Page

PCoIP Management Console Free supports only one administrative user. Enabling and disabling this user is not supported in PCoIP Management Console Free.

PCoIP Management Console Free AUTHENTICATION Page

Creating a New User Account in PCoIP Management Console Enterprise¶

Before creating a new user, make sure you have planned your administrative environment first. This may require that you have created specific roles for your users. See Managing User Roles for informnation on role permissions.

To create a new user account in PCoIP Management Console Enterprise:

1. From the PCoIP Management Console’s top menu, click SETTINGS.

2. Ensure the USERS tab is active.

3. Click NEW USER.

4. Configure the parameters as follows:

   • Role: Select Administrator (limited), System Administrator (full access), (access is limited to the configured options selected when creating the role)

   • Username: Enter a unique name for the user.

   • First Name: Enter the user’s first name.

   • Last Name: Enter the user’s last name.

   • Password: Enter a password for the user.

   • Confirm Password: Enter the password again.

   • Time Zone: Select the user’s local time zone from the drop-down list. Time zones in this list are presented in IANA format.

     Active Directory Users

     All Active Directory users have a default timezone of UTC which can be modified by a Management Console System Administrator after the user has logged in the first time.

   • Account Enabled: Select to enable the account.

     

5. Click SAVE.

Editing a User Account¶

To edit a user account:

1. From the table on the MANAGEMENT CONSOLE USERS page, select the user account you wish to edit.

2. Click EDIT.

3. Change the user’s settings as desired.

4. Click SAVE.

Enabling or Disabling User Accounts in PCoIP Management Console Enterprise¶

To enable or disable user accounts in PCoIP Management Console Enterprise:

1. From the table on the MANAGEMENT CONSOLE USERS page, select one or more users.

2. Use Shift+Click to select contiguous elements and Ctrl+Click to select non-contiguous elements.

3. Click ENABLE to enable the accounts or DISABLE to disable the accounts.

Viewing User Logs¶

To view user logs:

1. In the MANAGEMENT CONSOLE USERS page, click VIEW LOG to see the date and type of action for each user, as shown next:

   

2. Scroll to the bottom of the list to see the most recent actions.

3. Click OK to close the user log.